Updated: The Woodsboro High website is fan-made. A disclaimer has now been added to their footer and the store/merchandise items being sold removed. It appears Dimension came down on them like a ton of bricks.

Following a similar low-tech viral siteplan for Apollo 18, Dimension Films have created a newScream 4 website centered around the fictional Woodsboro. Scream-Trilogy received the following email:

ATTENTION WOODSBORO HIGH STUDENTS:

It has come to our attention that some students from the senior class have
“hacked” our new Woodsboro High School website. This new website is part
of our on-going “Image Amelioration Plan” designed to improve the campus
profile, attract new teachers and administrators, and create a stronger
campus community.

We are directing the IT Department to identify those responsible and
remove the insensitive materials from the “Panther Pride!” section of the
website. The “Stab Wear” is NOT approved by the administration and will be
taken down soon. Additionally, the Student Club web pages with offensive
material will be removed. Presidents of each club must re-submit their
information to the IT Department.

Finally, despite persistent rumors around campus, the tragic events during
the 1996-97 school year were real and had serious consequences for our
campus community. The administration remains steadfastly committed to
improving our image but we cannot succeed without the help of the student
body. As Vice Principal, I ask each student to behave like a mature, young
adult and work to improve our standing. The “Zero Tolerance” policy for
violations of the Campus Code of Conduct remains in effect.

The site is littered with easter eggs, such as a hidden Gale Weathers feed in the A/V Room, Woodsboro and Windsor’s location/proximity finally confirmed in a map, and more, including the final fate of Principle Himbry revealed!

“—————————————————————–
The Blood Bank of the Redwoods blood drive at WHS on September 14th was a success! The first drive of this new school year surpassed the goal of 75 donors with 85 students participating! We hope that more students are willing to give their blood on April 15, 2011.”

The video games – Stab Hero, Stab 7 on Wii, Ghost Recon – Woodsboro High School and Kill Zone 4 both with pictures of Ghost Face. In the picture below the girl performing Guys and Dolls (as well as her picture which someone mentioned above) Ghost Face appears along with lots of blood splatters and a bloody handprint.

Also in the counseling section they have “Memoriam” with the names of Casey Becker, William Loomis (Bily), Stuart Macher, Randy Meeks, Steven Orth, Tatum Riley, Cotton Weary and Principal Himbry. It’s weird they have Billy and Stu because they were the original killers and also Cotton because he was not even a student.

2# not a link just really weird, how theyve photoshopped peoples faces on the councelling and sport pages.

3# On the map you get ghostface appear on the front of hikers & other funny things.

4# Alot of the student clubs have cool little references like Anime club & the painting the scream in the Art club, ghostface is hidden on the Astronomy page :), Drama club has a production of stab 7 and one pic gets bloody! French club reads in french…do you speak french, do you like horror movies?. pretty sure theres something on maths club page but i cant work it out???.

5#Photography club with principal from goal post is awesome. Videogamers club with all the scream related games like STAB HERO.
Yearbook club turns into a bunch of ghostfaces and the teachers called Mrs.Metcalf/Laurie metcalf(Mrs.Loomis).

6#Announcements reads- “We hope that more students are willing to give their blood on April 15, 2011″.

Thats all ive found so far, how about that “where’s sydney?” merchandise though.

I think the math page (and all the pages) are just supposed to be stupid students screwing around — the front page of the website says that it was “hacked” by some senior class students. Kind of a meta-meta situation, I take it. Remember, the students of the high school are supposed to be obsessed with Ghostface, right?

Yes! I’m so glad Williamson put so much emphasis on the highschool for this film. That’s one thing i loved but wish we had more of in the first film. Empty hallways and creepy highschools are great! What a blast!

I emailed, the email adress (mainoffice@woodsborohighschool.com) on the contact WHS page and got emailed back…

Thank You For Your Email

Thank you for contacting the Woodsboro High School administration. The office is currently closed for Spring Break. We will respond to important matters as soon as possible, but you are encouraged to call the Main Office for general inquiries.

If you’re inquiring about enrolling your child for the 2011-12 school year, please stop by the Main Office for enrollment forms.

Thank you for contacting the Woodsboro High School administration. The office is currently closed for Spring Break. We will respond to important matters as soon as possible, but you are encouraged to call the Main Office for general inquiries.

If you’re inquiring about enrolling your child for the 2011-12 school year, please stop by the Main Office for enrollment forms.

So what if it’s fake or fan made these fans have done a great job doing what dimension should be, If your making a new decade scream film it should have a huge viral campaign like the dark knight did it just matches how the new decade rolls! More viral please! And i want a “Wheres Sidney?” shirt!

Even if we now know this is a fan made website, those guys made a really good job!! I was so happy last night to navigate through that site… It gives a lot to a film when those kind of publicities are used for a film, it gives another dimension and more empathize for the characters… Anyway just saying!! The very first official TV spot and the WHS made my days!! Anyone wants a ride into my Flying DoLorean right to April 15th??

A lot of work went into this site. Dimension should cut these guys a deal and take a cut instead of having the merchandising removed an a disclaimer slapped up. It’s not like they’re losing money on account of their little fan project so why not get in on it and make money instead?

@MT “FYI – Windsor College was in Ohio. That was the first thing I found where I said “fan made” to myself.”

Good call! I agree with you.

However, to be fair, the map shows the town of Windsor, not Windsor College. There could be a town called Windsor in California, maybe?

You’re right though. CA is NOT where the Windsor College is located at.

I remember in the opening scene of Scream 2, a girl in the theater (at the concession stand) was talking about how the kids from the Stab movie are murdered in California, implying that they are not in the same state where Scream 2 took place.

Flubs like Windsor actually enhance the officiality of these things. If it were too perfect, that would set off alarm bells. For those that remember the Scream 3 viral site, that was official and littered with mistakes and discontinuity.

@wicked-scribe “For those that remember the Scream 3 viral site, that was official and littered with mistakes and discontinuity.”

I have never seen that one. I was not internet savvy back then. (Exactly what Wes said Scream 4 would comment about! That is such the truth!!) What was the site about?

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